Record Number: 14996
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'and I spent all afternoon with my wife and W. Battelier talking and then making them read, and perticularly made an end of Mr Boyl's book of Formes, which I am glad to have over; and then fell to read a French discourse which he hath brought over with him for me, to invite the people of France to apply themselfs to Navigacion; which it doth do very well, and is certainly their interest, and what will undo us in a few years if the King of France goes on to fit up his Navy and encrease it and his trade, as he hath begun.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:30 Jan 1669
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:city: London
location in dwelling: at the home of Samuel Pepys
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:unknown
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Samuel Pepys and Elizabeth Pepys
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le commerce honourable ou Considerations Politiques OR Relation de l'establissement de la Compagnie Fran?oise pour le commerce des Indes Orientales
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsthe first published in Nantes, 1646, the second published in Paris, 1666
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14996
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:8
Page:431-432
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 431-432, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14996, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
